Obstrucción mecánica secundaria a íleo biliar
MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION SECONDARY TO GALLSTONE ILEUS
Prensa méd. argent; 106 (5), 2020
Publication year: 2020
Gallstone ileus is defined as a mechanical intestinal obstruction secondary to the presence
of a gallstone. Less than 1% of cases of intestinal obstruction are derived from this etiology. The
most frequent cause is the impaction of the stone in the ileum, after passing through a bilioenteric fistula. It is a rare and potentially serious complication of cholelithiasis. This pathology occurs more in the elderly, the average age at which it occurs is between 60 and 84 years, mainly
affecting the female sex, attributed to the higher frequency of biliary pathology in said sex.
It presents a high morbidity and mortality, mainly due to the difficulty and the diagnostic delay.